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Absolutely! We go through each and every one of your images one at a time and we correct them for color, contrast, clarity, sharpness and artistic effect, as well as some small retouching. We also will select a few of our favourite images to receive extra special attention. If there is heavier photoshop work beyond that, that you would like to have done, such as major skin retouching, removing stray hairs, swapping heads, we are happy to do that, and can provide you with a quote to do so on a case by case basis.
That depends on a variety of factors. How long is your wedding day, how many guests you have, how large your bridal party is, and of course how many family photos you need. However the average is somewhere between 400-600 images. We don't like to put a specific number on this question, because every wedding is a little different. We will deliver to you every image that we took, we only exclude images that are unflattering, eyes closed, not looking etc.
This is a lot like asking your baker to give you all the raw ingredients to you cake! Taking the photo is only the first part of creating the art that you hired us to create.
We live in the small town of Ingersoll! Which is right in between London, Kitchener/Cambridge, Brantford, Stratford. So if you are getting married anywhere in that circle of Southern Ontario, there is no extra charges. In fact the only time there would ever be any extra travel charges would be if there were any extra costs, such as a plane ticket, overnight hotel stay or car rental, and that extra cost is strictly the cost of whatever is needed.
We will travel wherever we need to though! We even will accept one or two weddings on the east coast of Canada at no extra charge. (Some conditions apply, Contact us for more details)
We understand that you are excited to receive your wedding photos, which is why we make every effort to get them to you as fast as we can! You will receive a sneak peek the Monday after your wedding with a few teaser images, and you will receive the rest of your photos no later than one month after your wedding. (You will receive your online gallery within one month, it may take a week or so longer for your custom usb drive to arrive) Often times though we are a bit quicker than that!
If your venue is in the radius mentioned above, then there is a pretty good chance that we either have already, or that we have a wedding coming up there soon. If by chance we haven't shot at your venue before, thats ok, even if we haven't been in that specific venue, we have photographed weddings in every kind of venue, in every kind of weather, with every kind of lighting imaginable.
This kind of goes hand in hand with the previous question, but if we haven't actually shot at your venue before, we can visit before, however there isn't really much point. We would need to see it the exact same time of year, on the exact same time of day, with the same type of weather, and the same lighting conditions! That last one is the most important, aside from you, the bride and groom, the single most important aspect of a photograph is the light, so unless its exactly the same as it will be during your wedding day photos you can't really plan when and where the best spots for your photos will be.
In a word... Maybe. Lol. A lot depends on the schedule for your day. If timing is an issue and he is getting ready 20 minutes away then chances are we won't be able to. Don't worry though, photos of the groom are pretty easy to fake! We can always take some "getting ready" photos before the ceremony starts. If we have enough time and the groom isn't too far away, then what we usually will do is go to wherever the bride is getting ready first, and capture some of the detail shots, and then my amazing wife Elisha will stay with her and capture those candid getting ready shots, while I head over and get the guys photos, and then head back to the girls.
Copyright simply means that we are the creators of your images, and that I own the rights to them. So selling or giving over the copyright isn't possible. However in the contract that you will sign if you book with us, you do receive a copyright release which means that you get the right to print and share the images as much as you would like! After all a lot of our clients we have gotten because they saw the images online that we took of a friend of theirs! We are always happy to see our work shared online! (especially when you give us credit for them :)
Exactly what it sounds like! It is a private password protected gallery on a private part of our website where you can go and view your images as well as order prints or albums. You are free to share that password with any friends or family that you would like to.
Absolutely! Weddings are an important time in your families history. We feel it is important to capture these family photos for you. You never know when or if the next time you will all be together (and dressed up!) again will be. Unfortunately it is not an uncommon thing to hear back from a wedding client in a few years because of a grandparent or relative who passed away and the photos we took were the last nice photos that they had and they need them blown up or photoshopped for a funeral. We used to not be a fan of doing family photos, (after all who is!) but after that happened the first time, we realized just how important those posed family portraits are!
Don't worry though, we do everything we can to make your family photos as quick and painless as possible! About 4-6 weeks before your wedding we will send you a form to fill out that provides all the info that we need for your wedding day, including groupings for formal family groupings. We list the common 8 or so groupings that we usually do at every wedding, along with space for you to write in any additional groups that you would like. ( we recommend not getting carried away with too many groupings though, as this will take to much time away from your wedding day, we find 10-12 groupings is usually sufficient )
Absolutely! We always love it when our clients have a cool idea for a wedding photo! Just remember, you picked us for our style of photography. So the photo that you showed us won't look exactly the same as yours, it will be similar, but it will be done in our own style.
This is a tough one... I'm not sure I could put just one label on our style. If I had to describe it though, I would say that we are a combination of Fine Art Wedding Photographers and Documentary photographers. For the most part we like to stay in the background and capture your day as it happens, with the exception of your formal photos. At times we will direct things a bit. For example, if you are going to have your dad see you for the first time in your wedding dress, we might suggest where the best place to stand will be, but when the moment happens we aren't going to interrupt, we will capture it as it happens. Our favourite thing to do though is to create some of those "big" fine art photos. Like the ones you see on our home page. These type of images, usually do take a little bit more posing and setup to create, especially the night time ones, but we feel that they are well worth the effort! I will actually be starting some blog posts soon titled how we did it, going into detail with some of those images and exactly what it took to create.
We don't offer a full videography service, however starting this year (2017) we will be offering a highlight video of your wedding day. This is a 2-4 minute video set to music featuring video clips from throughout your wedding day set to music. If however you would like a full wedding video, we would be happy to recommend a great videographer for you.
Definitely! We carry insurance for our gear (if we didn't have that we would spend more time worrying about where our gear is and is it getting wrecked then taking photos! Knowing it is insured gives us peace of mind so that we can focus on whats important. You!) We also carry liability insurance in case someone trips on our gear or something (hasn't happened yet, we're pretty careful!)
You don't have to worry about that, we have backups for our backups!
Much like the previous question, we have backups of our backups! We are pretty anal about our backups! All day long we shoot on three different cameras, each of which have two memory card slots, so right off the bat we have two copies of all your photos. Those cards never leave our site. If for some reason we leave our camera in a bag, we take the cards with us. As soon as we get home from your wedding, before we go to bed, we copy all the cards to our laptop. When we go to bed that night your cards are right beside us, and while we sleep, our laptop automatically copies all your photos to two different hard drives so that we never have less than 3 copies of your images. It also starts backing up to the cloud as well, however that takes about 3 days to complete, so in the meantime, one of those hard drives is always with us just in case our house burns down before the online backup is complete. Our library has over a quarter million photos in it now and we have 3 copies of every one of them! We make it impossible to loose your images!


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Out of all the silly holidays and pointless days of celebration we have in our society, this is probably the worst.
If you're currently single and reading this, you are probably nodding your head in agreement and thanking whatever god you believe in that this isn't another sappy love post about how Valentine's Day is so great and I am so lucky to be with the love of my life (which I am, but that's besides the point).
If you're a fellow lovebird, you're probably wondering why someone so head-over-heels in love is being so cynical on such a lovey-dovey holiday.
I like holidays and I like having a reason to get dressed up and feel especially giddy, but I don't feel the need to participate in such a joke. First of all:
No one needs a reminder that they're alone. If you don't have a significant other to celebrate this cheesy holiday with, you certainly shouldn't have to be reminded of just how lonely you are. Google suicide rates on Valentine's Day and get back to me.
If you love someone, you shouldn't need a holiday to express it. Love is love no matter what day of the year it is. I'm crazy about my boyfriend every day, I have been since the beginning. And that's not me being overdramatic and annoying, it's just the facts. I love my boyfriend, and I tell him frequently. I don't love him and remind him of my feelings just because it's Valentine's Day and society tells me I should. Sure, I'd like to go out to dinner and have a nice night together just like the next girl, but I don't need chocolates and jewelry and flowers today any more than I do on any other random day of the week- unless he's proposing. Then it's a completely different story.
There are no clear origins. Where did this silly holiday even come from? Sure, there was a Saint Valentine, but he had nothing to do with the holiday. It's just a stupid excuse of a holiday that Hallmark created to sell greeting cards and chocolate.
I'm mostly turned off by how crazy people get over this holiday, both for and against it. It hardly ranks among even the lowest of the low (like Memorial Day and Flag Day), so it hardly seems deserving of such attention.
In reality, though, I'm just bitter because Hallmark insists on relocating any prospective employee to the Midwest (namely, Kansas). There go my dreams of designing greeting cards. Unless I can get my boyfriend to move to Kansas.


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Steering is done purely by weight-shift, in the simplest models. That is, by pulling down on the lines on one side or the other, the pilot or gondola weight is shifted to the left or right. The canopy pretty much keeps the same shape while this is happening.
On more expensive models, the trailing edges of the canopy can be pulled down, one side at a time. This is rigged similarly to the brakes on a full-size paraglider.
Landing. If only left/right movement of the brakes is possible, landings are done by increasing power a little just before touch-down. Even if you forget to do this, the model will just land a bit heavier, probably with no damage!
Finally, some fancier radio gear can be used to mix 2 control stick inputs into the trailing edge brake movement. This allows slower and more controlled landings, since both brakes can be operated at once. One stick controls left/right for turning, another stick allows both brakes to come down to flare the model just before touch-down. Depending on the channels used, both functions can be combined in just 1 control stick. That would feel very natural, just like a full-size glider joystick.
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Dylann Storm Roof, the 21-year-old suspect in the killing of nine people in an historic black church in downtown Charleston, was taken into custody Thursday in Shelby, N.C., several news outlets reported, citing an unidentified police source.
Surveillance footage taken at Emanuel AME Episcopal Church showed the shooter spent nearly an hour with his would-be victims praying inside the sanctuary before shooting them dead. The cameras recorded him entering the church at 8:16 p.m. The shooting was reported to the authorities at 9:05 p.m.
Six women and three men died, eight of them at the church and one at a hospital, Charleston Police Chief Gregory Mullen said Thursday morning. He corrected his own report from earlier that two people were sent to the trauma center at Medical University of South Carolina.
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that it had opened a formal investigation into the shooting as a hate crime.
Three people survived the shooting. Mullen declined to give their names or ages, or to identify the victims. State lawmakers said one of their colleagues, Sen. Clementa Pinckney, a Charleston Democrat and the church's pastor, was among the dead.
The city did not place any neighborhoods on lockdown or cancel school Thursday.
Shaken city leaders called the mass shooting an "unfathomable" hate crime.
"There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that it is a hate crime," Mullen said, declining to elaborate other than to say "some information" from the investigation led him to that conclusion. His department is working with local, state and federal agencies, including the FBI.
The church, known as "Mother Emanuel," was built in 1891, making it the oldest AME church in the South. It's home to the oldest black congregation south of Baltimore.
"Right now we don't know if anyone was targeted other than the church itself," Mullen said.
Rev. Pinckney was a tall man with a booming voice that commanded attention but a gentle demeanor, Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley Jr. said.
"If you wanted to make a movie of a distinguished pastor, you would have cast him," said Riley, a Democrat.
He called the shooting an "unspeakable, heartbreaking tragedy."
"It's a prayer service and a bible service, and they're speaking about the Holy Scriptures and praying, and then someone sitting there [is] contemplating the act of murder," he said. "I personally believe there are far too many guns out there. And access to guns is far too easy. Our society has not been able to deal with that yet."
The hours immediately following the shooting were "chaotic," the police chief said, as police dogs tried to track the suspect and helicopters with spotlights whirred over downtown. A bomb threat near the church resulted in further confusion. Police said later they weren't sure if the threat was connected to the shooting.
At one point, police detained a young man dressed like the suspect. Authorities declined to explain the arrest to reporters, but on Facebook, a young photographer later identified himself as the detained man. He said he was treated respectfully and questioned before police let him go.
Police cordoned off several blocks of Charleston's historic district, including the Courtyard Marriott where the Orlando City pro soccer team spent the night after defeating the Charleston Battery in a U.S. Open Cup match. People were asked to stay indoors.
National political reporters in town to cover campaign events descended on the crime scene. Republican Jeb Bush canceled a town hall-style meeting planned for Thursday morning at the Charleston Maritime Center, about half a mile from the church.
"Governor Bush's thoughts and prayers are with the individuals and families affected by this tragedy," spokeswoman Allie Brandenburger said in a statement. Thursday's news conference was held where Bush's event would have taken place, and some of his local staff showed up to offer the city the second-floor space the campaign had leased.
Democrat Hillary Clinton had held an event earlier Wednesday in nearby North Charleston, site of a deadly police shooting in April.
"Heartbreaking news from Charleston — my thoughts and prayers are with you all," Clinton said on Twitter early Thursday.
Members of the greater Charleston area's African-American religious community gathered near the church in a show of solidarity. A prayer circle gathered shortly after midnight about three blocks from the site of the shooting, where a despairing pastor looked up angrily at the dark skies.
"Where do we go from here?" asked the Rev. Thomas Ravenell of Empowerment Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, who led the prayer. "How do I look at heaven when hell is always on my back?"


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The plaintiffs who lost a recent lawsuit trying to prevent the federal government from providing tax credits to purchase health insurance on federal exchanges have filed for an expedited appeal in the case.
A federal district court judge ruled in favor of the federal government Wednesday in a lawsuit that claimed the Internal Revenue Service did not have the authority under the Affordable Care Act to write rules providing tax credits to individuals purchasing insurance on the health insurance exchange set up by the federal government (see Court Rules in Favor of IRS on Obamacare Tax Credits). The plaintiffs in the case, Jacqueline Halbig et al v. Kathleen Sebelius et al, filed for an extradited appeal Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. One of the plaintiffs in the case is the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative advocacy organization.
"As this motion for a speedy appeal makes clear, there are compelling reasons for the appeals court act to quickly, because people are making their health insurance plans and billions of taxpayer dollars are now being spent each month in insurance subsidies for policies purchased through federal exchanges," said Competitive Enterprise Institute general counsel Sam Kazman in a statement. "This massive expenditure runs counter to what the district court itself admitted was the plain meaning' of the key provision in the Obamacare statute. And just as that court accelerated its handling of the case, the appeals court should similarly expedite this appeal."
At issue in this case is the IRS regulation extending the law's premium subsidies and employer mandate to the 36 states that decided not to set up their own insurance exchanges. In Wednesday's ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman rejected the plaintiffs' argument but acknowledged it was supported by a section of the statute. Judge Friedman based his reasoning on the view that Congress's broad goal was reducing health insurance costs.
"In sum, the Court finds that the plain text of the statute, the statutory structure, and the statutory purpose make clear that Congress intended to make premium tax credits available on both state-run and federally-facilitated exchanges," wrote U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman. "What little relevant legislative history exists further supports this conclusion and certainly—despite plaintiffs' best efforts to suggest otherwise—it does not undermine it."
Michael A. Carvin of Jones Day is lead counsel in the case. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is assisting in the lawsuit's coordination and funding.
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Tsamiko Dance
Tsamikos dance
Tsamikos is a circular dance that is mainly danced by men and with few variations and more smooth steps is also danced by women.
It is danced in an open circle and belongs in the category of "dances of the first", in which apart from the basic steps performed by all the dancers, the first dancer performs squats, turns, jumps, etc. depending on the mood of the moment and its potential, he can also make improvisations according to the lyrics and the melody of the song accompanying the music.
When it is danced as mixed circle dance, it is performed in "double banister" (men in the outer circle – women in the inner circle), or in a circle in which men follow women.
The dance during the Turkish occupation was danced by armatolous and kleftes (Greek warriors) and was accompanied by songs praising their achievements, therefore called Kleftikos.
Some argue that its name came from the region Tsamouria, located in Epirus, while others believe that it came from the word Tsamis, meaning "tall", and refers metaphorically to manliness stature that traditionally characterizes dancers.
Tsamikos dance is usually danced in the mountainous regions and symbolizes and expresses gallantry and bravery of the dancers.
It has two important features in its execution, the element of triumph expressed by the imposing and full of grandeur pace and the element of fight expressed by rhythmically uneven jump expressions, the blows, the waddles, the kneeling down to earth (mainly from the first dancer).
The grip of the hands is done by the palms with hands set in position W.
Music accompanying dance Tsamikos / Song (lyrics)
The rhythm is in 3/4 (in some regions it is performed in more slow rhythm in 6/8 )
Some of the songs that accompany the dance are:
- Birbilis
- Protomagia
- Ta magia
- Enas leventis horeve
- Na tan ta niata dyo fores
- Stou papa Lambrou tin avli
- Ti me koitas poy gerasa
- Amarantos
- Itia, Dailiana
- Enas aitos kathotane
- Katakaimeni arahova (of Daveli)
- Ilios
- S' aytes tis rahes tis psiles
Regional differences in dance Tsamikos
Tsamikos dance is danced in Peloponnese, Central Greece, Thessaly, Western Macedonia with small variations in the kinesiological structure (10, 12, 8, 16 steps) {we have presented the dance with 10 steps, which is the most common form}.
Tsamikos dance is danced in slow, medium and fast rhythmic education depending on the morphic type and other factors.
Tsamikos is widely considered as a panhellenic dance, however in reality it is not danced in many regions of Greece and especially in the insularity space.
Dance costumes
Tsamiko dance is usually accompanied by the costume of foustanella.
In the Peloponnese and generally in mainland Greece, as well as among the Sarakatsans, we find the foustanella, a kind of moultipleated white kilt. In Epirus this garment is also known under the name of toska.
It is made of many right-angled triangular pieces of cloth, sewn together, the straight part joined to the bias part, and then gathered at the waist. The foustanella is usually fashioned in two separate sections, and tied together on either side of the waist.
The fact that the older type of foustanella had a bodice was less pleated and came halfway down the length of the leg, suggests that the garment may have evolved from the shirt. The foustanella was worn mainly by the armed fighters, the Armatoli and Klephts . In fact, it would seem that before it was established but the first king of Greece, Otto.
Foustenella (Greek traditional clothe)
After the liberation of Greece, in the first quarter of the 19th century, all male costumes in the Peloponnese took the form of foustanella. The white underpants or the boudouri, long knitted white tights, are fastened at the waist by the belt. The tights are stretched and secured by garters (gonatoures) tied below the knee.
The foustanella proper covered the thighs and was tightly girded at the waist by the sash over which was tied the silachi, a sort of leather belt-pouch. The most characteristic waistcoat was double-breasted and embroidered with the braid with pullets design.
On the head was worn a cotton kerchief, the barezi, or a fez and, from the end of the 19th century on, any kind of hat sent by relatives living abroad.
With the tights were worn the tsarouchia with the pompons, while the footwear accompanying the trikia was the hobnailed shoes (prokadoures).
This type of costume constituted the town costume for men, after the abolition of the anteri. It was initially worn by the guerilla chieftains and, in a way, constituted a sort of military dress. Distinctive features of the costume are the long fustanella and the silk tourban, which was often wound around the fez. Above the narrow red sash which girded the waist was worn the gold selachi, in which were tucked the guns but also various useful articles in its inner pockets. It was elaborately embroidered. There are three waistcoats: the ghileki, worn underneath the fermeli, with the sleeves worn normally and not thrown back, and the fermedoghedeko, that is the waist coat worn over the fermeli. It is gold-embroidered costume, such as was worn only after the Liberation. This particular costume belonged to an aide-de-camp of Capodostrias, the first governor of Greece.
Ι. Papantoniou (1996), Greek Regional Costumes, Peloponnesian Folklor Foundation, Nafplion, p.14, 24, 27
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John Bobbitt still loves Lorena 16 yrs after she hacked off his penisMay 5th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 5 (ANI): Former American couple John Wayne Bobbitt and Lorena Leonor recently came face to face with each another, 16-years after the latter cut off his manhood.
Lorena, 39, revealed that it seemed that her ex was still in love with her.
"He keeps on leaving me messages or sending me Valentine's cards or flowers, roses," the New York Post quoted her as telling The Insider.
"Maybe he thinks that we're still married," she added.
The incident that occurred on June 23, 1993, left many cringing, especially after it emerged how Lorena, then 24, cut off more than half of then-husband John's penis as he slept.
What led her to perform the whack job was John returning home drunk from a night of partying and allegedly raping her.
After she severed his penis, she left the house and drove off in her car.
"I remember driving with his severed penis in my hand, and in my other hand, I had the knife," she recalls in vivid detail.
"I didn't even know how I got into the car, and apparently, I had to toss it somewhere because I couldn't turn the wheel of my car, so I got rid of the thing . . . Then I learned at the hospital later on that it was his penis," she said.
For Bobbitt, 42, even though the incident left him wanting to kill himself, he still forgives her for what she did."I never thought that anyone could be that evil. I wanted to kill myself," he said.
"Sorry about the way I was back then," the onetime brothel owner and porn star then confesses to her.
"I was an asshole . . . I failed to love you the way I should have," he added.
For Lorena, even though she no longer feels angry at the way she was treated, a part of her still hurts.
"You drove me to that, John," Lorena snipes at her ex.
"You drove me crazy," she added. (ANI)
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Back when I used to use the old blog, I used to periodically show a featured waterfall of the week.
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Wheezing infants with colds at 10-fold asthma risk in later lifeOctober 2nd, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): Infants who wheeze while suffering from common cold are at a ten-fold risk of developing asthma in later life, say researchers.
The new study from University of Wisconsin has found that wheezing toddlers with most common cold virus are significantly more likely to become asthmatic.
"We have found that rhinovirus, the most common cause of colds, contributes a disproportionate amount towards future asthma development in comparison to other viruses that also cause childhood wheezing," said principle investigator, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., M.D., head of the Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
For the study the researchers tracked 300 newborns at high risk for asthma (with one or both parents having had allergies or asthma from November 1998 to May 2000
The children were followed from birth to six years and evaluated for the presence of specific viruses during wheezing illnesses.
The researchers found that at six years, 28 percent of the kids had asthma and those who had wheezed with rhinovirus were disproportionately among them.
Children who wheezed with RV during the first year of life were nearly three times as likely to have asthma at age six, whereas children who wheezed with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), another common respiratory ailment that has been linked to asthma risk in children, did not have an increased asthma risk.
Moreover, older the children, greater the effect. Children who had wheezed with RV in their second year of life were more than six times as likely to have asthma. Wheezing with RV at three increased asthma odds by more than 30-fold.
Wheezing RV illnesses occurring at any time during the first three years of life were associated with a nearly 10-fold increase in asthma risk at six years, making them the most significant predictor of asthma development," wrote Daniel J. Jackson, M.D., Allergy and Immunology Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, lead author of the article.
"Indeed, nearly 90% of the children wheezing with RV during year three subsequently developed asthma at age six.
"In genetically susceptible children, RV wheezing illnesses could cause airway damage as well as subsequent asthma (virus-related factors)," he added.
The study appears in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. (ANI)
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In a matter of a few years, tablets have become the major trend in portable multimedia devices. They can be used for performing all kinds of tasks and for having fun on the go. Such a gadget is certainly a great investment. You simply need to select the right model for you.
The operating system is the primary factor to consider when choosing a tablet because there are three major rivaling technologies that are trying to dominate the market. The outcome of the battle is not clear yet, so you will need to trust your guts and your wits as well.
Android – Without a doubt this is the leading tablet OS at present. It has been developed by Google and is used on devices from major brands like Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony. It works well, it's functional and it gives you access to all Google services and to hundreds of thousands of apps in Google's Play Store.
iOS – This is the operating system used by iPad devices. According to experts, the iPad and its OS are still leaders in the market when it comes to innovation and performance. Still, you may not find this option very useful if you do not have other Apple devices. Another thing to note is that you will get access to over 200,000 apps in the app store.
Windows – This is the newest player in the market for portable devices. You can expect the Windows tablets to have good hardware and software performance. However, they are not as advanced as their counterparts in terms of functionality. There is also a much more limited selection of apps available for tablets running the Windows operating system.
The 7-inch and 10-inch tablets are the main options that you have available even though there are varying sizes in this range. There are also 13-inch models available. Generally, size is a matter of personal choice. If you want to watch a lot of movies and enjoy many games on the device you will be better off with a larger screen. If it's portability you're looking for, you should go for a smaller size.
It's best if you opt for a tablet with at least a dual-core processor to ensure optimal performance and speed at all times. If you plan to use the device extensively for work and/or for game play, you may be better off with a quad-core processor. The investment will be worth it.
All tablets are Wi-Fi enabled. The question is whether you want mobile connectivity. It is recommended if you want to be able to use the device all the time. The most innovative devices have 4G connectivity, which offers faster speed, but is also more expensive and drains the battery more quickly. Unless you want top speed, you should consider a model with 3G connectivity.
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- A Spirit of Unity: Young Women Class Presidency Meetings Part 1
- So Great a Cause: Young Women Class Presidency Meetings Part 2
- If Ye Are Prepared: Young Women Opening Exercises
Dear Priesthood and Young Women leaders:
We see tremendous and often untapped potential in Young Women class presidencies. Just like adult Young Women leaders, these youth leaders have been called of God and have had hands laid upon their head under the direction of those who hold priesthood keys. They have been given responsibilities to prepare, counsel, teach, minister, and lead.
As a general presidency, we are excited to share three new videos for use in training class presidency members. These videos capture the heart and joy of working with young women.
We invite you to consider this important topic in your next stake auxiliary leadership meeting. The new videos and resources can assist you as you:
- Help young women realize the trust that comes with their calling and empower them to function fully in their responsibilities. (See Handbook 2, 10.3.5.)
- Maintain high but loving expectations for youth in leadership positions.
- Take time to learn and practice leadership principles and skills from the Class Presidency Leadership Lessons available online.
Our sincere thanks for your service and example to young women,
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Our early childhood music teachers are all professionals with years of training and experience that enhance the way they teach their students. In early childhood music lessons, we focus on establishing a connection with music with your little one, developing their sense of pitch and rhythm, and learning everything from rhythmic dances to song stories. Our goal is to foster a love for music and an early aptitude for musical concepts in our young students, so that music will remain an important part of their lives as they get older.
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Katy Colglazier is a native Hoosier living in downtown Fishers following her graduation from Anderson University with a B.A. in Music. She was raised in a musical family, and has allowed music to play a leading role in her life. Possessing an especially deep passion for early childhood music, Katy has worked in child care for years, and as a Teacher's Assistant at Orchard View Elementary School in Middlebury, Indiana. There, she enjoyed getting children excited about learning through music, as well as planting the seeds and nurturing the confidence of young and beginner musicians. Katy has performed in a wide variety of unique performance roles, from a soprano in operas to part of the male chorus in musicals. She is an ISSMA State Champion, and was nominated a national finalist at the Fame National Music Competition, where she sang at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. While studying at Anderson University, Katy sang as a soprano for the Anderson University Chorale, and toured Scandinavia, performing in concerts throughout Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia. She has spent six years in private vocal study with Professor Sandy Hill at Goshen College, and four years with Professor Diana Huntoon while at Anderson University.
Katy has experience singing and coaching a variety of vocal styles, including jazz, classical, musical theatre, pop, and indie. While at Anderson University, she was a Choral Director's Assistant, tutored students in music theory and ear training skills, and took many classes on music education and early childhood music. Aside from teaching, Katy enjoys DJ'ing for weddings and events, playing and reviewing video games, studio singing, playing ukulele, and arranging her own choral works.


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(b) Appeals shall be decided by the Assistant General Counsel for Administration (AGC-Admin), except that appeals from requests initially denied by the AGC-Admin shall be decided by the General Counsel. Appeals should be addressed to the AGC-Admin, or the General Counsel if the records were initially denied by the AGC-Admin. The address of both is: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of General Counsel, Room 5875, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. Both the letter and the appeal envelope should be clearly marked ``Freedom of Information Appeal''. The appeal must include a copy of the original request, the initial denial, if any, and a statement of the reasons why the records requested should be made available and why the initial denial, if any, was in error. No opportunity for personal appearance, oral argument or hearing on appeal is provided.
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Air pollution facts for indoors have lead to the creation of today's new air filtrations systems. They are highly effective because of the invention of HEPA filters. Also many of the new vacuum cleaners, which incorporate them have a high rating when reviewed.
The unabbreviated term is "High Efficiency Particulate Air," thus shorted we have the term HEPA. The Institute of Environmental Science requires that a Certified High Efficiency Particulate Air filtration system must capture a minimum of 99.97% of contaminants at 0.3 microns in size. This illustrates why they are so effective and so important when considering a new cleaning appliance or air system for your home.
Did you know that these air filtration systems have been traditionally used in hospital operating and isolation rooms, pharmaceutical and computer chip manufacturing, as well as in other applications requiring "Absolute" Filtration. You will find that commercial HEPA vacuum systems are in high demand.
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Local artist, Lisa Smith, is working on expanding the audience of her work. And at this time she is making that goal into a reality. Smith started her career as an artist by going to a local crafts show with her grandmother about 19 years ago. She now continues the trend which started years ago. "I've gone to a few local craft shows and people want me to go to more, but I've got people just calling and wanting special orders," said Smith.
"She has refined herself in the last two years, it's amazing," said Smith's boyfriend, Roger Morrill.
"Some of them have even gone to Australia. A lot of work in Massachusetts and Ohio, and Florida. So it goes everywhere," said Smith.
But when it comes down to it painting is not just a job for Lisa Smith, it is also hobby and a way to see her talent and skills grow for herself.
"It's the after," explains Smith, "You know, you sit back and you look at it and when you're all done, it's just like oh my gosh. I really impress myself each time I do a piece."
In the coming months, Smith says she hopes to offer art classes to the community. In the meantime she has the admiration of her clients and the loved ones. "I am very proud of her, and of her work," said Morrill.


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China (HPAI H5N6)
Highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza was reported in Guizhou Province, China on August 18, 2017. The outbreak of the virus resulted in the culling of 8,100 birds. China's Ministry and Agriculture reported that the outbreak is now under control.
Philippines (HPAI H5)
Highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza was reported in the Nueva Ecija Province, Philippines on August 18, 2017. The Philippines Bureau of Animal Industry reported the cases in the farming towns of Jaen and San Isidro. The virus resulted in the infection of 200,000 quails, 57,000 native chickens, 28,000 egg-laying chickens, and 22,000 ducks. A 7 kilometer quarantine zone was declared around both sites. The cases were immediately reported and the birds will be culled.
South Africa (HPAI H5N8)
Highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza was detected in the Mpumalanga and Kwazulu-Natal Provinces of South Africa on August 22, 2017. The virus resulted in the death of 93 birds and the culling of an additional 50,135 birds. The outbreak is considered ongoing and the source of the outbreak is considered unknown. Control measures applied include surveillance within the containment zone, traceability, quarantine, vaccination prohibition, and no treatment of affected animals.
China (H9N2)
Highly pathogenic H9N2 avian influenza was reported in the Guangdong province of China on August 16, 2017. The virus was detected in a two year old child who was in contact with poultry prior to detection. The child's condition is now considered stable. This strain of bird flu has infected two other people this year. China also faces an epidemic from the H7N9 strain of bird flu.
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Anping county, near the city of Hengshui of Hebei province, has 130 logistics lines extending to more than 600 cities. Those lines have formed a national logistics network. The county is known for its wire mesh products and has more than 11,000 wire mesh-related businesses. Its wire mesh and stainless steel account for 80 percent of the domestic market sales. Anping also has more than 6,300 wire mesh stores abroad, and they have helped boost the county's modern logistics industry. To expand its logistic network, Anping is putting 5.2 billion yuan ($838.7 million) into an international logistics industrial park covering more than 2-million square meters. When it is completed, the park is expected to handle 100,000 tons of parcels a day on average and become a cargo transfer hub in Hebei province.
Wire mesh
The wire mesh industry in Anping dates back to the Hongzhi reign period of the Ming Dynasty (1488-1505) so it has a history of more than 500 years. It has become Anping's leading industry. Anping has been called China's "Town of wire mesh", "Wire mesh industrial base", Wire mesh production and sales base", "Wire mesh export base", "National foreign trade transformation and upgrade demonstration base", and "Wire mesh city".
Anping county is a "national pigs reserve base " and it ranks very high in live pigs sales. It is also a provincial agricultural industrialization demonstration facility and is working with Beijing's Ershang Group. It also handles Hebei Anping Dahongmen Food Co's 500-million-yuan ($80.64 million) slaughter and food processing project. When these projects are fully operating, annual production value is expected to reach 3-billion yuan.
Filters and materials
Filter and fiber materials are a new industry built on Anping's wire mesh business, with woven wire mesh for filters mostly made of stainless steel, copper mesh, nickel, and rare metals. This is a large business for the county, one of China's six filter industrial clusters and home to more than 1,000 filter manufacturers. The county has developed a complete industrial chain from the production of shell to filter paper and cartridges to assembly. In 2012, its output value was more than 4-billion yuan and it employed 30,000 people. Its main products cover more than 1,000 specifications in five categories, such as auto filters for air, gasoline, and engine oil; melt filters; filters for industrial use; sintering net filters; and filter paper and cartridges. These are widely used in aerospace, aviation, automobile, petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical, and water treatment sectors and are sold to more than 30 large companies, such as Volkswagen, the Chinese machinery maker XCMG Group, Foton Lovol, and Shandong Lingong Machinery Co.
Auto parts
Anping'a auto parts industry emerged in the 1970s and has become a new, large pillar industry after many years of development. The county is home to a total of 219 auto parts producers, with more than 6,000 pieces of equipment for production, testing, and milling introduced from Germany, the US, Japan, and Taiwan. Its output value has reached around 3-billion yuan ($483.87 million) and there are 20,000 people in the industry, with more than 260 types of products, such as steering gears, transmissions, filters, and mufflers. It has also developed a group of leading enterprises, including two companies each with an annual output value of over 100 million yuan and 10 enterprises each with an output value of more than 10 million yuan. Its Chengjie Co and Yulong Co are key enterprises with governmental support.


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Let's see bootloader concept quickly first. You should know that…
When you turn ON your mobile device, it can't directly start loading android system. It needs to be woken up step by step. E.g. First it checks if the device hardware is working fine or not, then starts loading something called as kernel etc etc.
So one the section in this waking up process is "Bootloader". There are other sections, partitions too such as Recovery, Data, System etc.
These bootloaders now a days, for security reasons, come locked by OEM so that they can't be modified without permission. and thats wat we need to unlock in order to allow us to install recovery into our phone or to install custom ROM.
There are few tings you need to consider before you think of Unlocking bootloader.
- Unlocking bootloader of your phone might void your device warranty. Check out OEM terms and conditions.
- Unlocking bootloader isn't illegal but you might void your warranty.
- Unlocking bootloader is completely safe.
With that said, let's go with the steps to unlock bootloader of any android device.
How to unlock bootloader of Any locked device:
- Search for "Unlock bootloader <OEM name>" , select first result. I mean one which is published by OEM.
- Go to Settings –> Developer options on your android. If you don't see developer options then go to About phone and click on Build number 7 times. Come back to settings, you should have it now.
- Turn on "Android debugging" or "USB debugging" option.
- Download ADB-FASTBOOT drivers from here.
- Connect your phone to PC and execute commands given on the webpage you opened in step 1
- As per the method, you should get an email with unlock code. Use further instructions on same webpage and unlock the bootloader.
Now I understand that I took this pretty straight forward but unlocking bootloader is little different for different OEMS. So can't publish the universal method.
Let me know your difficulties and FAQ in the comment section below. Feel free to mail me your detailed problems at email@example.com or you can start discussing at FAQ section "FAQ".
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Oct 25, 2011
It's not fair!
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Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In either case, it generally doesn't matter if it's true, because the situation is probably not going to change.
I can't speak to the situations for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the subject of the college admissions process. The reason the situation is unlikely to change is because the priority is enrolling the desired class, and not fairness. Think about it. When is the last time you heard an admissions officer emphasize how fair the selection process is? Even if fairness was the priority, what would it look like and how would you define it? There is no universal definition. So as it stands, enrollment priorities vary from one institution to the next. The methods employed to achieve those priorities vary just as much.
At one institution, the sole priority is admitting enough students who can be successful. If the admissions staff thinks that you can hack it, you're in. How can they do that? The application volume is such that there is more capacity for students than the application pool requires.
At another institution the priority is access, and the standards are specified by the state legislature. If you meet those standards, you're in, and so are thousands of other similarly qualified students.
At yet another institution, the priority is consistency, so that similar decisions are made for similar applicants from the same school, unless there is a recruited athlete, legacy or some other special case for whom inconsistency can be excused.
At a fourth institution, the emphasis is selecting the students who are most likely to enroll, where two-thirds of the class are selected before any regular action candidates are considered.
These are not hypothetical places. I have worked in each one of these admissions offices, and not one of them is MIT. On the topic of MIT admissions, much has been said by me, and others, about our values and priorities. Maybe we share too much, or are trying too hard to help you to understand. Maybe you think the admissions process works like the courtroom, and you can argue your way in. It doesn't. In fact, the more adversarial you are, the less likely that you are going to be welcomed warmly into a community that admits fewer that 10% of its applicants.
Curiously, it is a byproduct of an extremely selective admission process that makes institutions even more desirable. Even at face value, if an institution is known for selecting only the best and brightest, who among the applicants doesn't want the cachet that comes along with just being admitted? Beyond that, having the opportunity to spend four years living and learning, collaborating and teaching, working and playing with amazing people doesn't happen by accident. It is intentional. The faculty and the rest of the university community facilitate that experience, but it all begins with the selection process that students initiate by applying for admission in the hopes that they will be among the select few admitted.
So let's go back to the concept of fairness, and enrolling the desired class. Chris cites an example that equates choosing a class to putting together a group to go mountain climbing. This example works for many, but clearly not for all. I grew up in Florida. The state is flat. There are no mountains. So I will try a few different examples.
If one is going to select a basketball team, why bother with tryouts? Why not simply select the tallest players and be done with it?
For a football team, why not choose all the biggest players? Or the fastest?
For a band why would it matter if you had only drummers, or an orchestra made up solely of tubas?
Hopefully, you get the idea. If you don't, there's probably nothing else that I can say.
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Thanks for writing it
Posted by: Adarsh on October 25, 2011
Posted by: Jayant on October 25, 2011
Maybe, a person from a village background with 3rd world public education will get accepted to join MIT for graduate studies in fall 2014.
Posted by: Ashery Mbilinyi on October 25, 2011
Posted by: Piper '13 on October 25, 2011
Anyway, what I wanted to say on _this_ entry is that, while I've always loved the years-old mountain-climbing metaphor, the others at the bottom really made me laugh. And possibly made it clear why Admissions can't be run the way so many people say it's run ^_^
Posted by: Piper '13 on October 25, 2011
Posted by: Nasser '17 on October 26, 2011
Even Shakespeare had his own definition of fair... A very dismal one..
"Faire is foule, and foule is faire."
Posted by: Mason Williams on November 6, 2011
Posted by: Siddhant on November 9, 2011
Posted by: yolochka on November 12, 2011
It seems that either you did not read the blog above (and an entire series of blogs by Chris) or you simply do not understand what our message is. You would probably argue that we should admit students in approximately the same proportion that they appear in our applicant pool. It is an understandable argument, but it is irrelevant. I think that many can look at the admission statistics of MIT and other institutions and identify admit rate trends that they find troubling. For example, highly qualified International students are abundant in our applicant pool, yet they are admitted at a rate of 3.7% compared to 11.4% for US citizens and permanent residents. Fair or not, that is simply the way that it is.
Regardless of your characterization, no one gets turned away from MIT simply because they are are male, and no one gets admitted to MIT simply because they are female. Every student admitted to MIT is judged on their merit. Of course MIT will also judge students on community engagement and impact, alignment with our mission and institutional fit, as well as likelihood to maximize the opportunities that MIT offers.
This is who we are. We provide this information so that you and your son can make an informed decision about whether this is the kind of educational community that you are interested in. If it is not, there are many other institutions that you can consider.
Posted by: David duKor-Jackson on November 13, 2011
I really appreciate your quick reply and explanation. However, I can't agree fully with the reasoning. This is true that I haven't read all the blogs on this site. I will try as time permits to read more. I feel I may have insulted someone here, but it wasn't my intention. Unfortunately, my writing could be misconceived because English is not my first language and I'm often unable to express my thoughts clearly. I apologize for that.
I do not suggest that every group is admitted at the rate of applications submitted. That wouldn't make sense of course. But it's still very odd that 15% of female applicants are admitted vs. 7.5% for male applicants. Is it possible that female applicants are more qualified than male applicants? Let's simplify by looking at counts, not percentages. Suppose you read 200 random applications. Of them 100 is from females and 100 is from males. You don't know their gender (we have to make in assumption that it's possible), and you only judge based on merit. Let's say at the end you recommended 23 applicants (from 200) for admission. Then you looked up their gender and it turned out that there were 15 females and 8 males. How likely is it? As someone who is familiar with American education, I claim it's very unlikely. So, this means that you give females a huge boost in your application process. I agree some boost is needed, but I argue against a boost that doubles chances for females. Every time a group gets a preferential treatment, there is another group that suffers. In this case, if you have 2 equally good candidates, a girl has a much higher likelihood to be selected over a boy. I repeat, it's okay to some degree if the goal is to get more women scientists. But 15% vs. 7.5% that was shocking to me, so I felt compelled to comment. Of course, I understand MIT is a private institution that is free to set its priorities.Thank you for reading and considering my opinion.
Posted by: yolochka on November 13, 2011
Posted by: Barry McGuire on November 16, 2011
Let's do something else. Assume male and female applicants are equally likely to be prepared and have the qualities the MIT is looking for (including diversity). Assume, the freshman class size is set to be 1,500. So, out of 15,000 applicants we select 10% most fitting. Assume we don't care for gender at this point, so we end up with approximately 500 girls and 1000 boys. Then some authority comes and says that we should have the same numbers for boys and girls. This means that 250 boys must go off the list so that 250 girls can be added. As a result, we'll have 750 boys and 750 girls. Now we can be proud that MIT admits as many girls as boys! Well... obviously those 250 boys who would be admitted if they were judged only based on their merit become losers. And 250 girls who were less qualified than those boys can now be trained to become future scientists. As a female I should be happy for them.
Posted by: yolochka on November 17, 2011
First, a few reading suggestions...
Diversity or Merit?
In Praise of Holistic Admissions
The Difficulty With Data
Second, you are making a lot of assumptions. Admissions decisions are not made in a vacuum. Every applicant evaluation is done holistically, taking into account literally everything that we learn about them through submission of the application, supporting documents and interview.
A couple of things to keep in mind.
An applicant's gender is a dimension of one's "diversity."
An applicant's interest in an institution does not necessarily correlate with the desirability of that applicant to the institution.
One need not graduate from MIT in order to become a scientist.
Posted by: David duKor-Jackson on November 17, 2011
I'm just curious how these decisions are made. Someone has decided that MIT should admit the same numbers of boys and girls, and that's it. This year, someone decides that too many Asian students are admitted, and you'll have different percentages to balance. I know you are doing your job the best you can.
I agree with you on "One need not graduate from MIT in order to become a scientist". That's very true. But my son has a dream, and it's MIT. That's why I'm here trying to make sense.
I looked at MIT's mission. Here it is:
"The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind."
This is a great mission. Among other things, it's to "educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship" and to provide "its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community." What I hoped to find was something about preparing new leaders in "science, technology, and other areas of scholarship", not just people who will "serve the nation and the world" and "work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind". So your admission policies are in line with this mission. I was wrong in my thinking that an institution like MIT would have as one of its goals preparing new leaders in science and technology, people who would change the world, not just serve it. I was just naive.
I understand the number of Nobel prize laureates is just one measure of an institution's success in developing such leaders. But that's easy to google, so here are the numbers of graduates who have become Nobel prize laureates: U of Cambridge (65), Harvard (55), U of Columbia (38), U of Chicago (30), UC Berkeley (29), MIT (27). MIT fairs okay. I wonder if the new admission policies may results in MIT falling behind. But again, it's probably not a big concern for those who make decisions about percentages.
Anyways those are philosophical questions. Thank you for hearing my opinion.
Posted by: yolochka on November 18, 2011
I know that you are just trying to make sense of this admission process. There are some things that you will simply not be able to reconcile. For example, given the volume of competitive applicants and the subjective nature of our admission selection process, even if your son was "the most qualified applicant" there is not anything "that would surely get him admission." I think that lack of certainty is probably the most difficult thing for students and parents to deal with.
Other items...
Are proportionally more women admitted than men? Yes, and that trend will continue as long as female applicants are proportionally more interesting to the admissions committee than male applicants.
Our graduates lead and change the world, through service. While the specifics of our admission policies evolve over time, the basic underlying philosophy remains solidly rooted in our institutional mission and values. While some of what our graduates go on to achieve can be attributed to qualities that made them competitive candidates for admissions, some is also due in no small part to the exceptional experiences that they have as members of this community.
As for falling behind, if the energy and productivity that I see on this campus everyday is falling behind, I guess I'm just going to have to live with that.
Posted by: David duKor-Jackson on November 19, 2011
Perfect SAT scores, being a leader in community volunteering projects, gold medals in Maths Olympiads, captain of the school football team etc do not by itself guarantee any child a place in MIT or at any of the top colleges in the US. There is always an element that is not within the child's control.
You said that "But my son has a dream, and it's MIT." MIT is not the only place to get a high quality education. There are many fine universities in the US. The most important thing is that the child is happy and finds himself in an environment that both nurtures and challenges him.
All attachments, even if healthy, if unfulfilled will only lead to disappointment. It is unhealthy to have such an obsession over one college. If he wishes to aspire to be a Nobel Laureate, then according to the data from your blog, he would have a better chance at U of Cambridge than MIT.
Posted by: Conerned observer on November 19, 2011
I'm pretty sure my son will be admitted to at least one of the top colleges and he'll become what he wants to become. Personally, I would like him to study close to home and then apply to a grad school at MIT or similar place, but I'm going to support his decision. He's applying next year, so there is time.
Conerned observer, anyone is entitled to a dream. It's not an obsession. I agree with you, there are many good schools. Thank you for your opinion.
Posted by: yolochka on November 19, 2011
I have an M.I.T. B.S. degree (1950), M.I.T. Ph.D. degree (1953), and two years of postdoctoral study at M.I.T.
Five years ago my grandson, with exemplary credentials in my opinion, applied for admission to M.I.T. I was deeply disappointed that he was not accepted, but now I am very grateful to the biased, since-discredited admissions officer at that time for turning down his application.
He now has dual Bachelor's degrees (Civil Engineering and Music) from NCSU and is enrolled in a full 3-year scholarship for his Ph.D. at Oxford University in England.
M.I.T. no longer stands for merit as it did in the 40s and 50s. Karl Compton would be rolling over in his grave if he knew.
Posted by: Chester Claff on November 22, 2011
Posted by: yolochka on November 22, 2011
The process continues. The present (female) President of M.I.T. recognizes the Institute's "progress" in politically correct student enrollment. Her chief objective now is to carry that politically correct bias over to faculty. The Institute is very open in this regard, and if you will read their advertisements for professorships (for example in Chemical and Engineering News), you will see between the lines that white males need not apply.
Thank you for your kind words about my opinions.
Posted by: Chester Claff on November 22, 2011
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